Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 213
Six, S. C. THE approximately simultaneous explosion of two boilers occurredAugust 14, 1926, at the plant of the J. H. Self Lumber Company,Ninety Six, S. C. Seven persons were killed and three were in-jured. The property loss was estimated to be $15,000. A generalview of the scene is given in Fig.… … Fig. I. minor repair. With practically no load on the boilers during thisinterval, it is stated the firemen continued to pile on wood waste fuelwith the result that the safety valves soon began to blow. Thesevalves were said to have been set to relieve the pressure at no lbs.In spite of the relief…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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